[Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card

[Sean]

The old 3Com wireless cards were pretty standard back then too.

I used this one in a lot of PCs, but never tried a Win CE system:
http://www.surpluscomputers.com/349009/3com-802.11b-pcmcia-wireless-network.html

It might be worth looking into the CF formfactor wireless cards too.
I used a D-link CF wifi card with a Zaurus Linux-based handheld.
This page lists ones compatible with CE 2.1

http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/peripherals/cfwirelesslan.htm



On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I have successfully used a BELKIN PCMCIA wireless card in a Toshiba
> Satellite Pro 4600 series laptop. That's a Pentium 3 running at ~600MHz.
>
>> From memory, it's a F5D7010, but please don't quote me. The unit is
>
> currently in storage until I get my own place to live *after* my wife
> arrives from the Philippines.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Ostrom" <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Off Topic - PCMCIA Wireless Card
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>
>> This is an off-topic question for the Coco List.
>>
>> Besides my Coco, I've been playing with another retro computer, the NEC
>> MobilePro 770 hand-held computer (manufactured quite a few years ago). It's
>> a fun little machine and uses the Microsoft CE 2.1 operating system, so you
>> know it's ancient.
>>
>> I need a wireless Type II PCMCIA card in order to use it to get on the
>> internet, and maybe to print to a wireless printer.  Most of the information
>> I have found using a Google search dates back to the early 2000's.  Cards
>> that are mentioned that "should" work are the Avaya silver and the Orinoco
>> gold.  Drivers for these older cards may be an issue.
>>
>> Does anyone on the list have a suggestion as to what might be a more
>> modern, versatile wireless PCMCIA card to try?  If not, I'll try to look for
>> some of these older cards.
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> -- Steve --
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